Chamaca

Chamaca
	; Yungas in Bolivia
Basic data
Residents (state)	205 pop. (2012 census)
height	810 m
Post Code	02-1105-0400-1001
Telephone code	(+591)
Coordinates	16 ° 14 ′ S , 67 ° 14 ′ W Coordinates: 16 ° 14 ′ S , 67 ° 14 ′ W
	Chamaca
	Chamaca
politics
Department	La Paz
province	South Yungas Province
climate
	; Climate diagram La Asunta

Chamaca is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Chamaca is the central place of the canton Chamaca in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) La Asunta in the province Sud Yungas . The village is located at an altitude of 810 m on the left, western bank of the Río Boopi .

geography

Chamaca is located in the Bolivian Yungas between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera de Cocapata in the east.

The annual average temperature of the village is 23 ° C (see climate diagram La Asunta), the annual precipitation is about 1,300 mm. The region has a distinctive daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between a good 20 ° C in June / July and 25 ° C in November / December. The river valley has a short dry season with monthly precipitation of 25 mm in the months of June and July, in the wet season the monthly values reach up to 200 mm from December to February.

Transport network

Chamaca is located 172 kilometers east of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.

From La Paz the paved road Ruta 3 leads in a north-easterly direction for 60 kilometers to Unduavi , from there the unpaved Ruta 25 branches off in a south-easterly direction along the Río Unduavi and after 70 kilometers it reaches Chulumani . From there, a dirt road leads twenty kilometers via Tajma to Pasto Pata . From Pasto Pata a road leads ten kilometers down a stream valley into the valley of the Río Tamampaya , overcoming a difference of 750 meters in altitude. The road crosses the river and continues past Villa Barrientos for a further eighteen kilometers along its left, northern bank to the confluence with the Río Boopi . From there it is another thirteen kilometers down the Río Boopi via Yanamayu to Chamaca .

population

The population of the place has not changed in the past decade:

year	Residents	source
1992	no detailed data	census
2001	205	census
2012	205	census

Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of La Asunta 59.3 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .